(The Center Square) – Marijuana will be a campaign issue in South Carolina’s gubernatorial race next year, and a leading Democratic candidate is calling for full legalization in a state without a medical marijuana program.
“This is something the people want,” former Congressman Joe Cunningham said. “People are behind it, and politicians need to get behind it, too. If our politicians aren’t reflecting the will of the people, then we have to change out the politicians, starting with Gov. McMaster.”
Cunningham, who flipped Congressional District 1 from red to blue in 2018 for the first time in decades only to lose reelection to Republican Nancy Mace in 2020, launched his gubernatorial campaign in April.
State Sen. Mia McLeod, D-Richland, and activist Gary Votour also are vying for the Democratic nod to unseat McMaster.
South Carolina is one of 13 states without a medical marijuana program, but a Benchmark Research poll in 2018 showed 72% of South Carolinians supported legalizing medical cannabis, including 63% of Republicans.
Lawmakers will debate Senate-House companion measures in 2022 that create a medical marijuana program. Such proposals have failed since 2015.
The Compassionate Care Act, Senate Bill 150, passed through the Senate Medical Affairs Committee with a “do pass” nod in March. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Shane Massey,…
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(The Center Square) – Marijuana will be a campaign issue in South Carolina’s gubernatorial race next year, and a leading Democratic candidate is calling for full legalization in a state without a medical marijuana program.
“This is something the people want,” former Congressman Joe Cunningham said. “People are behind it, and politicians need to get behind it, too. If our politicians aren’t reflecting the will of the people, then we have to change out the politicians, starting with Gov. McMaster.”
Cunningham, who flipped Congressional District 1 from red to blue in 2018 for the first time in decades only to lose reelection to Republican Nancy Mace in 2020, launched his gubernatorial campaign in April.
State Sen. Mia McLeod, D-Richland, and activist Gary Votour also are vying for the Democratic nod to unseat McMaster.
South Carolina is one of 13 states without a medical marijuana program, but a Benchmark Research poll in 2018 showed 72% of South Carolinians supported legalizing medical cannabis, including 63% of Republicans.
Lawmakers will debate Senate-House companion measures in 2022 that create a medical marijuana program. Such proposals have failed since 2015.
The Compassionate Care Act, Senate Bill 150, passed through the Senate Medical Affairs Committee with a “do pass” nod in March. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Shane Massey,…
